Been looking at some old youtube videos of games in the past, during the shut-down period. This has led me to ponder:
What happened in 2002? Frank had a decent thing going. Then we go 7-7. I was at the Penn State game in "happy" valley when we got whipped. After that, things seemed to go downhill. What happened? Why the sudden descent? And why the need for the coaching change thereafter? And for Bo...it seems as if things went downhill once we left the Big 12. He had some great years...resurrected the defense. Then, we join a new conference and get smothered in some featured contests. He has his meltdowns. Was it the switch to a new conference that got to him? Was he forced into a situation that he wasn't expecting?
I ask this in part because of the coaching changes we've gone through since Tom. I just feel that we lost all continuity when we got away from the Devaney...Osborne...Solich connection. We're trying to get that back, now. But it's been a lot of years where that connection was disrupted.
Thanks!
What happened in 2002? Frank had a decent thing going. Then we go 7-7. I was at the Penn State game in "happy" valley when we got whipped. After that, things seemed to go downhill. What happened? Why the sudden descent? And why the need for the coaching change thereafter? And for Bo...it seems as if things went downhill once we left the Big 12. He had some great years...resurrected the defense. Then, we join a new conference and get smothered in some featured contests. He has his meltdowns. Was it the switch to a new conference that got to him? Was he forced into a situation that he wasn't expecting?
I ask this in part because of the coaching changes we've gone through since Tom. I just feel that we lost all continuity when we got away from the Devaney...Osborne...Solich connection. We're trying to get that back, now. But it's been a lot of years where that connection was disrupted.
Thanks!